The Hearth And The Salamander Flashcards
Who is Clarsisa McCellean
Clarsise is a young girl who walk the streets with Montag. She is called anti-social due to he not liking the fact of being told answer of stuff in school she also is the one who breaks Montage
What does Guy Montag do?
Fireman. Burn illegal book
The kerosene is like
Perfume
When Clarsise asked Montag if he was happy was he?
No…
Who is Mildred? What happened to her
Millie is montages wife, she enjoys the parlor too much and think the tv family is her real family, she attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping pill
What was weird about Mildred’s medical care received
-not md
-smoking
-10-14 suicides
-situational irony all around
What animal did Montag compare the Mildred’s operation too
Snake
What are parlor walls
Whole tv walls from floor to celling allow you to interact with the people on tv (they have 3 mil want a 4th wall)
Describe the mechanical hound
Robot dog sniffer of books 8 leg
Procaine injection
Montag thought the dog was
Programmed to hate him
Clarsise was considered anti-social because…
She preferred to talk instead of sports/activities
Clarises uncle gave her what info
The old world info
She looked up at him
Clarsise tells Montag about the old world
That firemen would put out fires instead of starting fires
Who is captain Beatty
Montages boss / head firemen
How did the firemen know which houses had books in them
An alarm went off… most times neighbors would turn in each other or the dogs
What lie did Beatty tell Montag
“Any man is insane who thinks he can fool the government and us”
What did Montag do in the old lady’s attic
Take a book
Why were the alarms always to burn at night
The firemen burn books, and don’t put out fires, so they do it at night, since a fire at night will garner more attention. People are more likely to pay attention to a fire at night and alert others so the fire can be put out.
Why did the old women light the match
She couldn’t live without her books
What happed to Clarissa
She died in a car accident
Montag was afraid of Beatty finding what when he visited
The books he had
Why did Beatty belive book should be destroyed
Everyone should be the same and people shouldn’t think for themselves
What do the hearth and the salamander represent in part 1
They represent fire
